☕️ Twist in the Ballon d'Or, Italy, Ancelotti and Tuesday's 5️⃣ stories

☕️ Twist in the Ballon d'Or, Italy, Ancelotti and Tuesday's 5️⃣ stories On a new day of top-level international football, kicking off with Australia vs Brazil at midday, here are the five stories that could shape today’s football conversation. 🧐 Lamine surges in the Ballon d’Or race 📸 Justin Setterfield - 2026 Getty Images With voting now closed, all that remains is to count the ballots to find out who will be crowned the best player of the year, and Marca reports that Lamine Yamal has seen such a dramatic rise in the betting that he is now threatening to snatch the award from Harry Kane.  ⚖️ The TAD upholds Piqué’s ban The Court of Arbitration for Sport has upheld the sanctions imposed on Gerard Piqué by the RFEF’s Disciplinary Committee following the match between Andorra and Albacete in May. 📸 OSCAR DEL POZO - AFP or licensors Piqué was punished with a six-match suspension and a two-month ban for his behaviour towards the referees in the players’ tunnel. After going through the Appeals Committee, the TAD has now confirmed that punishment, according to Iusport. 🇮🇹 Fratelli d'Italia Pio and Sebastiano Esposito started together for Italy against Turkey. It was a historic night for the Azzurri, who had not fielded two brothers in the starting XI since 1915, when Aldo and Luigi Cevenini started against Switzerland. To find the last brothers to share the pitch for Italy before the Espositos, you have to go back to 15 November 2000, when Filippo and Simone Inzaghi played together for 11 minutes in the friendly Italy won 1-0 against England. 🇧🇷 Ancelotti shows the way Brazil play a friendly against Australia today and, in the build-up, Carlo Ancelotti offered an interesting reflection not only on football but also on his own team. "Talent must be backed up by the team’s work," says Carletto. A warning to all concerned. 📺 Which matches can’t you miss today? 12:00 Australia-Brazil 20:45 Spain-Croatia 20:45 Czech Republic-England This article was translated into English by Artificial Intelligence. You can read the original version in 🇪🇸 here.